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BACK SEATING [5 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture Industries
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

Contour seating and composite materials... reduce stress and ease breathing and blood circulation. Seating provides extra protection for specific areas of the body(such as the lower back)...

OBS

contour: Shaped to fit the outline or form of something ...

OBS

seating: Material for covering or upholstering seats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du meuble
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
OBS

anatomique : Qui s'adapte à l'anatomie du corps humain.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
  • Theatre and Opera
OBS

Situated at 209 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, is a year round performing art center and movie house.

OBS

The King's Theatre was built in 1905 and opened in 1906. The Theatre originally has Stalls and three circles-Dress, Family and Gallery. The Gallery was uncomfortable and latterly unsafe and was removed in the fifties reducing the Theatre to three levels with additional seating at the back of what is now called the Upper Circle. The present seating capacity is 1350.

Key term(s)
  • Kings Theater

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
  • Théâtre et Opéra

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A telecommunications convention, or mode, for transmitting information electronically. This mode permits interactive communications between a terminal and its host computer, or any other two machines that are linked. Interactive communications are used to ask questions, such as availability of seating on an airline, and receive an answer back.

OBS

Terminology used in the Public Service Commission’s Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Convention ou mode de télécommunication pour la transmission électronique de l'information. Ce mode rend possible le dialogue entre un terminal et l'ordinateur central ou entre deux autres machines interreliées. Ce genre de dialogue permet de poser des questions, de se renseigner, par exemple, sur les places disponibles en avion et de recevoir directement la réponse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 4 2001-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Hospital Furniture
CONT

Seating options including electric tilt in space and reclining back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Mobilier d'hôpital
CONT

Bascule électrique de l'assise - 30°.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

Fluid opening/closing such as a gauge opening; to seat the joint where the valve stem goes through the valve body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
DEF

Dispositif servant à isoler la garniture d'un appareil de robinetterie lorsque l'obturateur est en position d'ouverture totale.

Spanish

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